NHTSA Complaint #10701531 — 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE

SQUEAKING BRAKES AND STEERING NOISE. RESUBMITTED FOR REPAIR COULD NOT DUPLICATE AT DEALERSHIP. RESUBMITTED IN 2011 AND 2013, WATER PUMP REPLACED, STEERING GEAR BOX REPLACED, STEERING PUMP REPLACED, THROTTLE BODY CLEANED. ENGINE TIMING OFF AT IDLE, HARSH/RUFF TRANSITION BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. REAR HATCH FAILED TO OPERATE. SENSOR REPLACED, THEN ACTUATOR REPLACED, THEN CONTROL BUTTONS REPLACED THEN FINAL CONTROL BUTTON AND INTERNAL DOOR SENSORS REPLACED NOT BY WARRANTY, REAR HATCH STRUTS FAILED AND DROPPED ON CHILD AND OWNERS HEADS, OPEN AND CLOSE BUTTONS NON RESPONSIVE ON REMOTE FOR THE HATCH. ONLY THE INTERIOR HATCH RELEASE BUTTON WORKED. ONSTAR WOULD NOT POWER DOWN, NO NOTICE IT WAS CONNECTED, DROPPED CELL CALLS AND KILLED BATTERY. UPON JUMPING, THE CONTROL MODULE FOR ONSTAR FAILED AS DID CELLULAR ANTENNA NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. BRAKES SQUEAKING AND FLUTTERING PLUS PULSE AT SLOW DOWN. MASTER CYLINDER HAD HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING INTO BRAKE LINES, BOOST PUMP FAILED AND REPEATED FLUSHING DID NOT CLEAR THE SYSTEM. AIR IN LINES CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE NEAR COLLISION AVOIDED WITH EVASIVE OPERATOR DRIVING MANEUVERS, 3RD FLUSH CLEARED THE LINES NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. STEERING UNSTABLE ON UNEVEN ROADWAYS AND IN LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, REPEAT/RECUR, FINAL SUBMISSION 4TH TIME, ENGINE MOUNT BROKEN AND POSSIBLE SPARK PLUGS FOR IDLE PROBLEMS. REPLACED SPARKE PLUGS DID NOT RESOLVE IDLE SPEED OR HARD SHIFT OUT OF 3/5 GEARS. A/C OUTAGE THREE TIMES, NO LEAK DETECTED, FREON LOADED AND RELOADED: EVAPORATOR COIL DIAGNOSED AS PROBLEM. TOTAL DASH DISASSEMBLED, SEVERAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES SURFACED SINCE INCLUDING ONSTAR, ECM ERRORS, NAV SYS STAYED ON, CELL PHONE NOT CONNECTING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING WITHOUT CAUSE CODES. OVER $16500 IN REPAIRS COMPLETED ON THIS VEHICLE, SOME COVERED BY WARRANTY, SOME NOT, BY 2013 NEARLY ALL REPAIRS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR